Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-06
FLORIDA POINTERS.
Newsy Notes from the Sunny Land
Progress of the r.. X. I'd :.

Newsy Notes from the Sunny Land
Progress of the r. X. a I'd :.
OCALA, Feb. 5.-Marion's chief city
bears little resemblance today to the So
called "clty" Of three or four years ago.
Then there were struggling wooden
buildings of all sizes and in all condi-
lions of wear, clustering around a
tottering old court house, with a
sickly-lOOking picket fence around II,
crowdng together as il for comfort and
sympathy. But now how different the
picture. A beautiful brick structure for
court house, with q neat iron fence, and
surrounded on all four sides by brick and
stone blocks remarkable for their elegant
and handsomely designed eXteriOrs; two
banks, wholesale and retail merchant Is by
the score, two enterprisIng newspapers
and magnificent hotels ali prove that
Ocala is going ahead, and at a rapid rate,
too.
The Ocala graded school will observe
! Arbor day, as required by GOV. Perry,
on Feb. 9. We wonder If this good eX-
ample will be followed elsewhere.
DR.. Thompson and Editor Harris OF the
Banner, intend erecting very soon a
handsome two-story brick block, 5OxlO0
feet. Several Other fine buildings are in
process of erection.
VARIOUS MATTERS,
The grade Oh the Florida Railway and
Navigation extension has reached Plan /
CITY. The iron is now laid to Owens
bOro, at the junction Of the South Fort
da. An injunction there met them last
month and 1t yet remains undlssoVed.
The matter will probably be amlcably
settled soon and union depot will be
put up at the crossing.
The Florida Railway and Navigation
hag nat ,.A. TOR 10 yt To,
sion Of its line from Plant City to Bar Ow
Is mies-and will probably begin work
there soon. SUPP. Maxwell and Chef
Engineer Bushnell were at Plant City
Wednesday looking over the grading on
the extension.
A serious accident occurred at the
WIthlacoOchee river crossing of the Flor
ida Railway and Navigation Tuesday. AS
The construction train was backing down
over long trestle it ran down "Dole"
car, on which We're several men. Seeing
their danger he occupants OF the car hast
lily jumped of to the ground beneath. some
eighteen feet, and TWO of them (cOlored)
broke their legs. The injured men were
carried to camp and comfortably cared
for. 1t was careless piece of business,
anyhow, and might have resulted lar more
dis astr0usly.
The County Commissioners OF Her.
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all exhibits sent from their county TO the
South Florida Exhibition at Orlando.
This is a stroke of enterprise in the right
direction, but the Commissioners are az
grleved because the Orlando people do
not readily second the plan. As the
NEWS representative understands il 1t is
a South Florida EXh bitiOn, and Is not in
tended to be confined to one county. All
are welcome and the people OF fernando
will have cordial reception there.
A. Z. Jordan and w. Ii. Hawk have
leased the fernando County News
(BrOoksvlle) OF the Pratt Bros. MIR.
Jordan Will be editor aud Mr.. Hawk bus
mess manager.
Maj. N. K. Gruelle, Superintendent OF
the Sara Sofa, Orlando and Gult railroad,
was handsomely watched" to-day by
his associates on the road. IL was an
elegant gold Elgin watch, Raymond
movement, tiue jeweled, aud a beauty
every way. IL was suitably Inscribed.
The present was complete surprise TO
the affabie Major, and sllenced his usually
eloquent tongue at once.
Another railroad is projected. 1t is
the "ot. johns River, Lake Weir and
Gulf railroad" from Lake George on the
St. Johns to AnclOte on the Cuff. 1t is
to be 100 miles long, and passes through
a very fertile and well populated belt. Ii
built it Will have the important feature
OF deep water at its termlui.